How to access the Xamarin Forms App object from a ContentView

Question

I have a ContentView that I use as shared code on my pages. It contains navigation links etc. In the ContentView, I am trying to access a method in my App class that has the following signature:

    public void ClearNavigationAndGoToPage(Page pobj_Page)
    {
        MainPage = new NavigationPage(pobj_Page);
    }  

However, when I use the following line of code in a ContentView

App.ClearNavigationAndGoToPage(new nearbyplaces());

I get the following error message:

An object reference is required for the non-static field, method, or property 'App.ClearNavigationAndGoToPage(Page)'

I can access the method from ContentPages just not ContentViews. Any suggestions?

Answer 1

use App.Current to access the instance of your app class. You will need to cast it to the appropriate class before calling the custom method

((CustomType)App.Current).ClearNavigationAndGoToPage(new nearbyplaces());